Aussie Avian Portraits I

The many posts in this blog dedicated to birds show how Australia’s birdlife has captured and held my interest during the eleven months Vilis and I have spent in this country. More than that, I&...

A Closer Look

This morning, as I strolled the Ross River Parkway in Townsville, poincianas painted scarlet onto feathery green, and huge, bare sandbars lay exposed in the river. Clouds brooded overhead, only fragil...

To Eungella National Park, Queensland

From an hour past dawn until near dusk, Vilis and I drove the Bruce Highway, that long coastal road tracing the eastern shore of the state of Queensland. Near Bundaberg, the coastal plain supported a ...

Rainbow Lorikeet Antics

Like a loud blast of good rock music, the raunchy, penetrating guffaws of laughing kookaburras enticed me outdoors into a new autumn morn. I tucked a camera into my pocket and slung my binoculars arou...